IWM Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, IWM traded between $110.44 and $118.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.2%, placing in the 55.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 19.1%). Max pain ranged from $108.00 to $114.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.42.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-11: Highest Volume — 1,468,229 contracts
  • 2014-04-10: Largest IV spike — 10.6% change
  • 2014-04-15: Highest IV Rank — 83.8%
  • 2014-04-11: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$113.38$110.44$118.34$118.08$111.98
Max Pain$112.85$108.00$114.00$112.00$114.00
ATM IV19.2%16.3%22.0%16.8%18.7%
Expected Move5.8%5.5%6.3%5.8%5.5%
HV 20d19.1%15.1%20.9%15.1%18.6%
HV 60d17.7%16.3%18.6%16.6%16.3%
IV Rank55.6%26.6%83.8%31.9%51.0%
IV Percentile80.6%41.3%98.0%52.0%79.4%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.5%0.4%0.1%-0.0%
VWIV21.5%19.4%24.6%24.2%21.4%
Skew 25d5.2%4.4%6.0%4.7%4.8%
Skew 10d9.8%8.2%11.3%9.1%9.2%
Call IV 25d16.8%14.6%19.3%14.8%16.4%
Put IV 25d22.0%19.0%25.2%19.5%21.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.292.0049.7816.8321.27
Gamma HHI0.080.060.140.060.08
Net GEX-1.26B-1.79B-574.2M-634.4M-1.29B
Net DEX11.01B1.43B20.52B1.81B11.26B
Net VEX-65.8M-68.4M-59.8M-59.8M-66.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.421.423.742.511.76
Total Volume830,900.333436,7801,468,229553,635786,479
Total OI5,684,259.194,873,5416,690,0774,873,5416,008,185

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$118.08$112.0016.8%5.8%15.1%31.9%24.2%4.7%0.1%-634.4M1.81B-59.8M2.5116.83157,700395,9351,352,4423,521,099
2014-04-02$118.34$112.0016.3%5.7%15.2%26.6%20.1%4.4%0.1%-574.2M1.43B-61.3M3.244.77132,439428,7191,400,6593,610,577
2014-04-03$117.30$113.0017.4%5.6%15.4%37.7%19.4%4.7%0.0%-891.4M4.23B-64.9M3.3020.98143,923475,2511,441,1043,822,890
2014-04-04$114.59$113.0019.0%6.0%17.3%54.0%21.9%5.0%-0.1%-1.44B11.25B-67.1M3.0716.07320,045983,1511,480,2183,969,180
2014-04-07$112.82$113.0020.1%6.0%18.0%64.9%22.5%5.1%-0.3%-1.55B14.47B-65.9M2.798.60266,203742,3031,445,3643,938,103
2014-04-08$113.61$113.0019.3%6.0%17.9%56.6%22.4%5.0%-0.5%-1.47B12.38B-65.4M2.3411.20204,822479,7981,527,9973,968,387
2014-04-09$115.05$113.0018.8%5.9%18.4%51.5%22.9%5.2%-0.2%-1.20B8.44B-66.6M2.317.39192,579444,1141,588,5664,035,624
2014-04-10$111.86$113.0020.8%6.1%20.6%71.3%21.6%5.7%-0.5%-1.60B16.30B-66.5M3.1848.92331,3461,053,5071,655,0194,142,330
2014-04-11$110.44$113.0021.9%6.3%20.9%82.6%22.1%6.0%-0.3%-1.79B20.52B-67.4M3.0049.78367,3501,100,8791,739,3404,433,772
2014-04-14$110.70$113.0021.9%6.1%20.7%82.7%20.9%5.8%0.4%-1.61B18.40B-67.2M1.918.51244,404467,3511,719,2404,417,299
2014-04-15$111.35$113.0022.0%6.1%20.0%83.8%21.3%5.6%-0.5%-1.54B16.67B-68.4M1.9825.97406,839805,1311,822,6194,484,226
2014-04-16$112.05$113.0020.0%6.0%20.3%63.6%20.3%5.3%0.2%-1.39B13.82B-68.0M1.6325.00322,957526,4621,964,9394,584,461
2014-04-17$113.01$113.0018.5%5.9%20.6%49.0%20.6%4.8%0.3%-1.35B11.10B-66.3M1.958.18359,629702,2772,055,3244,634,753
2014-04-21$113.36$0.0018.3%5.7%20.6%47.1%20.5%5.2%-0.1%-993.5M7.83B-65.6M1.873.09152,314284,4661,461,2783,689,663
2014-04-22$114.65$112.0017.3%5.5%20.8%37.2%21.6%5.0%-0.1%-792.5M5.18B-65.2M2.062.00173,099357,2771,536,5133,768,097
2014-04-23$114.17$114.0017.5%5.6%20.8%38.4%22.3%4.8%-0.1%-940.4M6.71B-65.9M3.743.06112,279420,1031,582,4733,885,977
2014-04-24$113.61$114.0018.0%5.6%19.6%44.1%0.0%5.3%-0.2%-1.14B8.37B-66.4M2.1113.47185,235391,6291,619,4413,959,849
2014-04-25$111.61$114.0019.9%5.7%20.6%62.2%24.6%5.5%-0.4%-1.63B13.75B-66.0M2.709.10247,169667,6431,669,2224,035,089
2014-04-28$111.14$114.0020.1%5.8%20.6%64.8%20.6%5.3%-0.0%-1.35B13.87B-64.7M1.889.83364,352686,7091,592,7573,983,859
2014-04-29$111.22$108.0020.3%5.8%19.5%66.5%19.4%5.3%-0.0%-1.33B13.40B-66.3M1.427.16233,286331,7531,710,8504,110,658
2014-04-30$111.98$114.0018.7%5.5%18.6%51.0%21.4%4.8%-0.0%-1.29B11.26B-66.5M1.7621.27284,704501,7751,821,3924,186,793